Many people are convinced that studying abroad is the key to acquire better training and achieve a better position in the labor market. The best universities in the world encourage the exchange of students because they know that the benefits for students go much further. Here, successful professionals from all sectors explain how studying in another country gave them, in their day, the impetus they needed to make a difference. These are some of the main benefits, not only academic, that studying abroad offers: 1. Improve your curriculum Not all countries are leaders in all sectors, nor can all offer, therefore, the essential training to excel in them. That is why traveling and studying outside your own country is so important. Vocational students should travel to the places where they can make a difference, be it in information technology, healthcare, finance, engineering or biotechnology, just to give some examples. For years, employers have been positively evaluati...

How Studying Abroad Helps You Find a Well-Paid Job A recent survey reports on how studying abroad can help students develop better skills for the 21st century. A report by IIE claims that students who participate in study abroad programs develop more essential 21st century work-related skills. The study examines the relationship between studying abroad, work-related skills, career development, and long-term career prospects for students. The survey examines the specific aspects of typical study abroad programs, and what these contribute to the career success of students. The aim of the study is to inform educators and aid in developing educational programs that better prepare students to enter the global workforce in the 21st century. The study compiled a list of 15 hard and soft skills identified as being the most sought-after by employers and examined these in relation to the study abroad experience. The study uses the responses from approximately 4,500 university student...

Indian Students choose study abroad as best option Many Students in India decide to study outside their own country, even though it’s more expensive for them to do so. Why is this? They see the standards and quality of graduate and post-graduate courses offered abroad as superior to those available in their home country. In the past, top studying abroad destinations included the USA, the UK and Canada. Although many Indian students still go to study in the US and Canada, the restriction of work permits to foreign students following graduation from courses offered in the UK has had a negative impact on numbers travelling to the UK for their graduate and post-graduate level degrees. Germany offers great study abroad deals Many students, especially those following engineering as their chosen career find alternatives in other countries such as studying abroad in Germany . There is a wide choice of masters degrees available in Germany, many of them taught in English. And there are e...

Studying abroad compared to a UK university education Now that annual tuition fees for many UK universities are around £9,000 it raises the question: can British students get better value for money studying abroad? In many cases British students are finding equivalent educational opportunities at much lower costs outside the UK. So how does studying abroad stack up against studying in the UK? One British student decided to study European Studies, in the Netherlands, at Maastricht University, where she will shortly begin her second academic year of study. She calculated that studying in the UK for a similar degree would leave her with at least £27,000 of student debt based on tuition fees, plus other possible associated costs. Meanwhile the undergraduate European Studies Degree course she is attending at Maastricht University costs just £1,500 for tuition annually and her course is taught in English, as are ten other undergraduate courses at the same university. So basically ...